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镇

zhèn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鎮

What 镇 means

1. to press down
2. to calm
3. to subdue
4. to suppress
5. to guard
6. garrison
7. small town
8. to cool or chill (food or drinks)

Example sentences

• 这是个小镇。
  This is a small town.
• 我给他镇静剂。
  Wǒ gěi tā zhènjìngjì.
  I gave him a sedative.
• 敌人靠近城镇。
  The enemy approaches the town.
• 他刚来这镇上。
  He's new in town.
• 军队镇压了叛乱。
  Jūnduì zhènyā le pànluàn.
  The army quelled the rebellion.
• 小镇充满了活力。
  The town was full of activity.

Words starting with 镇

• 镇压zhèn yāsuppression; repression; to suppress
• 镇定zhèn dìngcalm; unperturbed; cool
• 镇静zhèn jìngcalm; cool
• 镇长zhèn zhǎngtown headman; mayor (of small town or village); bailiff
• 镇子zhèn zitown; village
• 镇住zhèn zhùto dominate; to control; to subdue
• 镇守zhèn shǒu(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect
• 镇江市Zhèn jiāng ShìZhenjiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 镇区zhèn qūtownship
• 镇台zhèn táigarrison commander (old)
• 镇山zhèn shānmain mountain of a region
• 镇日zhèn rìall day
• 镇暴zhèn bàoto suppress a riot; riot control
• 镇痛zhèn tòngto suppress pain
• 镇纸zhèn zhǐpaperweight
• 镇定剂zhèn dìng jìtranquilizer; depressant; sedative
• 镇定药zhèn dìng yàosedative drug
• 镇得住zhèn de zhùto manage to suppress; to keep under control
• 镇流器zhèn liú qìelectrical ballast
• 镇海区Zhèn hǎi QūZhenhai, a district of Ningbo City 宁波市
• 镇痛剂zhèn tòng jìpainkiller; analgesic; anodyne
• 镇痛药zhèn tòng yàoanalgesic
• 镇静剂zhèn jìng jìtranquilizer
• 镇静药zhèn jìng yàosedative

Words containing 镇

• 乡镇xiāng zhèntownships and towns…
• 小镇xiǎo zhènsmall town; village
• 城镇chéng zhèntown; cities and towns
• 村镇cūn zhènhamlet (place)
• 市镇shì zhènsmall town
• 重镇zhòng zhèn(military) strategic town; (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc)
• 集镇jí zhèntown
• 冰镇bīng zhèniced
• 坐镇zuò zhèn(of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee
• 前镇区Qián zhèn QūCianjhen, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市
• 北镇市Běi zhèn ShìBeizhen, a county-level city in Jinzhou City 锦州市
• 城镇化chéng zhèn huàurbanization
• 新市镇xīn shì zhènnew town; planned community
• 明德镇Míng dé zhènMiddlebury (name of town in Vermont)
• 清镇市Qīng zhèn ShìQingzhen, a county-level city in Guiyang City 贵阳市
• 丰镇市Fēng zhèn ShìFengzhen, a county-level city in Ulanqab City 乌兰察布市
• 金城镇Jīn chéng zhènJincheng (common place name); Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金门县
• 景德镇市Jǐng dé zhèn ShìJingdezhen, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
• 城镇化水平chéng zhèn huà shuǐ píngurbanization level (of a city or town)
• 皇后镇Huáng hòu zhènQueenstown, town in New Zealand
• 桥镇Qiáo zhènBridgetown, capital of Barbados (Tw)
• 周庄镇Zhōu zhuāng ZhènZhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
• 固镇县Gù zhèn XiànGuzhen, a county in Bengbu City 蚌埠市
• 天镇县Tiān zhèn XiànTianzhen, a county in Datong City 大同市

Characters built on 真

These share the phonetic component 真 (zhēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 慎shèncareful; cautious
• 嗔chēnto be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
• 缜zhěnfine and dense
• 瞋chēn(literary) to stare angrily; to glare
• 稹zhěnto accumulate; fine and close
• 禛zhēnto receive blessings in a sincere spirit

Characters that look like 镇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 镓jiāgallium (chemistry)
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 镛yōnglarge bell
• 镌juānto engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
• 锺zhōngnonstandard simplified variant of 钟

Sounds the same

Read zhèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阵disposition of troops; wave; spate
• 振to shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 震to shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 朕(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
• 圳(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. zùn); used in place names, notably 深圳
• 赈to provide relief; to aid
• 鸩legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb
• 眹pupil
• 揕to hit; to thrust
• 酖poisonous; to poison
• 瑱jade weight
• 鎭old variant of 镇